This Week in America with Ric Bratton

THE EARLY YEARS: A MEMOIR by Rachel Carrington Author Rachel G. Carrington lays no claim to lofty jobs, higher education, nor grand accomplishments except for a love-filled, multifaceted, family-oriented, poverty-to-plenty life. In The Early Years, the first in a series, she shares her story. As a young teenager, just entering high school in the small town of Denton, Kentucky, Carrington planned t...

CLAY STAFFORD, AWARD WINNING AUTHOR AND FOUNDER OF KILLER NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL WRITER'S CONFERENCE Clay Stafford is an award-winning author, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He has sold over 1.5 million hardcover copies of his children’s adaptations and has seen his film work distributed in over 14 languages. Publishers Weekly named Stafford one of the Top Ten Nashville literary leaders playing “an...

POEMS FOR THE JOURNEY by Christina Watkins This collection of poems tells stories about a few people and events which have been formative in the poet’s life. Carefully selected and told from the poet’s heart, these poems invite readers to consider their own personal formative experiences with people, places and events. The photos on the pages immediately in front of each poem prompt readers’ own m...

FINANCIAL LITERACY AT LIFE STAGES, CAPABILITY, WELLNESS AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT by Flora L. Williams, PH.D., M. DIV., R.F.C. A manual for professionals who want to expand their excellence, learn and teach: Financial counselors, financial planners and advisors, money coaches, consumer educators, social workers, pastors. A text for individuals who want to be financially literate, manage personal fin...

A HUNTER'S LIFE LIVED by Michael Hunte In everyone's life, there is a story, narrow that down, but you will have a chapter full of information. I have been fortunate I make no mistakes about that. I was born during the Second World war was being fought. On reflection, I found my Storey extremely exciting I'm almost sure you would do the same with your Life Story. The odds were against me from day...

BASEBALL AND BABIES:MY LIFE AS A CATCHER by Ted Manos, M.D. This book was written thirty years ago, recounting an unbelievable journey, I had at that time, that can only happen in a dream. I was an obstetrician/gynecologist that saw an ad in The Sporting News that invited the reader to be "a Dodger for a week". I grew up in Brooklyn, New York and was just at the right age to follow the exploits of...

PSYCHEDELIC PROPHET: BOOK ONE by Glenn A. Segal A clandestine agent from a distant star recruits a band of eclectic prospects to accomplish a perilous mission. He misrepresents himself as the Messenger, a biblical-like prophet, and launches a new religion as a cover. When his recruits turn him into the Grateful Dead, the fun begins. This cat can heal the stricken and manipulate the forces of natur...

GOODBYE STORIES FROM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL by Randolph B. Schiffer Goodbye Stories from University Hospital describes the journey of a young man from the infantry battlefields of Vietnam to becoming a physician in the major medical centers of the United States of America. The stories are of the relationships he has experienced along the way and of the lessons which came from those who faced the most...

THE LAST CHAPTER by Eleanor Collins The century old mystery of the disappearance of Thomas Stanwell begins to unfold when a World War 1 mass grave is found at Fromelles. Thomas' great grandson is determined to find out what happened and travels from Australia to Europe in the quest to find answers. The rich tapestry of this family saga is woven with descendants from Australia, England, Scotland an...

Why It’s Essential to Eat a Vegetable-Centric Diet: 14 Delicious & Easy Ways to Enjoy Consuming More Vegetables with Susan Smith Jones, PhD Your mother always said, “eat your vegetables” and she was right – maybe in more ways than she knew. While you don’t have to go all veggie and become a strict vegetarian, one of the healthiest eating habits you can foster in your family is to eat more vege...

ALIEN PROPAGATION by Perry DeFiore Many decades have been filled with stories about UFOs, the possibility of aliens, but all explanations are dubious…until now. Jack is a leading architect in a firm in Houston. He has a wife that every man desires, and he must continually worry about losing her. Going through one of his “rough” spots, he takes his beautiful lady on a short vacation to smooth thing...

THE WINNING HABITS OF STEVE JOBS by Dr. Robert Toguchi The Winning Habits of Steve Jobs provides a glimpse into the successful attributes of this remarkable icon of the technology industry. Often characterized as one of the founders of the personal computer revolution, Steve Jobs displayed distinct habits and behaviors of entrepreneurship that were the foundations of his success. Of note, the vast...

APHORISMS IN POETRY by Althemus Joseph Delahoussaye III The first little poems aren't anything other than little aphorisms, nothing other than depicting little truths that human beings aren't anything other than dealing with even every little day. This little compilation of poems doesn't even be anything other than representing truths taught in the Holy Books of the major religions and the opinion...

BIBLE UNDERSTANDING: PLUS, OTHERS INCLUDING THE "CIRCLE OF LOVE" by J. Harvey Hames After reading this book, Harvey will guarantee you will want to read the Bible MORE or for the FIRST time. Thank you for buying this book. Sincerely…Harvey. J. Harvey Hames has written the book "Bible Understanding", plus "Circle of Love". Harvey was born in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday, September 30th. Harvey’s fath...

AROUND THE WORLD IN FIVE LINES by James B. Anstead Around the World in Five Lines is a fun and whimsical collection of limericks inspired by countries all over the world! An avid traveler and dreamer, author James B. Anstead brings to us this fun and silly collection of fascination with the limerick and its special wordplay. Enjoy! James B. Anstead's mother fostered a love of literature and apprec...

LEMONDROP: THE BEGINNING - THE LEMONDROP CHRONICLES BOOK 1 by Jay David King Mr. Greencroak, as he was known in the forest, loved to spend time on his Thinking Rock doing a great deal of thinking because that was how he learned things. Learning things... that was what the frog REALLY loved to do. He learned about the stars, the clouds, the weather, the...well, you get the picture. Mr. Greencroak j...

THE LIGHT OF DAYS: THE UNTOLD STORIES OF WOMEN RESISTANCE FIGHTERS IN HITLER'S GHETTOS by Judy Batalion One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters―a group of unknown heroes whose exploits...

OVERCOMING ADVERSITY: RESETTING GOALS by Nelson J. Fowlkes What would you do to rise above unfavorable circumstances? This intriguing question is at the essence of the inspiring book, Overcoming Adversity. Rejections, setbacks and obstacles may occur in employment, social interactions or cultural differences. Your challenges maybe frustrating and create anxiety and pain. Pain produces the desire f...

DEAR MOM AND DAD : YOU DONT KNOW ME, BUT... by Georgia Lee McGowen Much has been written both about and by people who feel they were assigned the wrong body at conception, exploring the struggles and too often the tragedies that result from that mismatch of nature. Very little has been written, however, to chronicle the lifelong struggle of people to understand and come to terms with two distinct...

La Cucina Della Mia Bisnonna: The Kitchen of my Great Grandmother by Lynn Tiramani This book is a tribute to all the strong women in my life. I wanted to also make the rest of the world aware of this mouth-watering cuisine that hails from the land of Piacenza in Northern Italy. This lineage of inspiration began with my great-grandmother, Maria. Her unending determination despite great odds enabled...

THE REICH MUTINY by William Reynolds The Reich Mutiny tells a passionate love story, contains new Holocaust historical perspective, and moves like a torrent to an ending of unassailable psychological power. The Reich Mutiny is possibly the best war book of its kind. Told with the force of historical authority, with characters impossible to forget, The Reich Mutiny breaks new ground regarding the S...

A TEACHER'S TALE: A MEMOIR by Joe Gilliland It was never in author Joe Gilliland's plan to become a teacher, certainly not a college teacher and most certainly not an English teacher. But that's what happened, and he's never looked back. In A Teacher's Tale, he explains, how by neither planning for nor seeking a life of learning and teaching, lacking a syllabus or lesson plan, he discovered that a...

ALIEN ENCOUNTER by Terry Parker Have you ever looked at the night sky with its millions of stars and wondered whether there might be something living near one of those stars and looking back? When an exploratory craft from the planet Gaia picks up a weak, undecipherable signal from a distant backwater planet, the crew decides to take a risk and check it out. What they discover is Earth, a planet p...

ZIPPING ALONG by Roxsane Tiernan Since this book is a memoir of my life from 1987 to 2003 I think you need an Introduction unless you know me very well or have read ZIP my previous book that covers the first fifty years of my life, So… My life has been very full. I am an outgoing person ready to meet new friends; have new experiences. Roxsane was born and raised in the greater Vancouver area. She...

NOT WITHOUT A FIGHT: THE STORY OF A POLISH JEWS RESISTANCE by D.W. Duke It is September 1, 1939 when Germany invades Poland and transforms eight-year-old Casimir Bieberstein's world forever. The son of a wealthy Jewish businessman, Cass happily lives in a thirty-room mansion. But when his family is forcibly ejected from their opulent and luxurious existence, Cass is immersed in a dark life he neve...